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Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Diagnosis Framework ... • Head and neck ... Infection or cancer ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #otology #otolaryngology
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
- Differential Diagnosis ... reflux • Head and neck ... hematoma, lung cancer ... TMJ • Head, neck ... Pain #Otology #Otolaryngology
Tinnitus - Subjective (heard only by patient) - 90% - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unilateral On Audiogram -
(heard only by patient ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Metabolic Causes ... Vitamin A, B, Zinc Deficiency ... External or Middle Ear
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
soles in 50% of cases ... - Less common ... within the last year ... to those of B12 deficiency ... #Tertiary #Diagnosis
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
clinic with vision loss ... fasciculus), which causes ... The most common causes ... the hospital, diagnosed ... Bennett & Bloom Eye Center
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
responsible for most cases ... months after the chancre ... myalgias, and weight loss ... year after infection ... Syphilis #stages #diagnosis
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
inflammation of middle ear ... cavity as middle ear ... Bezold abscess (Neck ... , nausea, vomiting ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
13 Dangerous Causes ... slowly progressive, cancer ... pain involving neck ... dental infection: ear ... preeclampsia: late
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
nasal, hearing loss ... BNP, troponin if concern ... Goodpasture's cause ... and hemosiderin laden ... crescentic GN by Nick
Hyponatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm in Cancer
UOsm ≥ 100 mOsm/kg = Urine is inappropriately concentrated for hypotonic
Hyponatremia Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm in Cancer ... SCLC, head and neck ... chemotherapy, nausea ... #Cancer #algorithm